On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:26:12 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, Martin wrote:
>
>> In Dutch "lane" is "laan"
>
>You mean also in airport sense ? Or just in street names ? I knew the
>word "laan" (in street names) but I'd never assimilated it with English
>"lane".
The Dutch for a runway is "baan"
>
>If a street is named "Petticoat Lane" I'd imagine it be short and
>narrow (italian "vicolo"), if it is named "Rembrandtlaan" I'd imagine it
>long and wide, maybe lined with trees, (english "avenue" italian
>"viale"). Am I drastically wrong ?
I live in a short, stunted tree lined, laan.
You probably know a place in Kepplerlaan?
OED definitions
I. 1. a. A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or
street between houses or walls; a bye-way. blind lane, {dag}turn-again
lane: a cul-de-sac (see also quot. 1725).
2. a. A narrow or comparatively narrow passage or way, or something
resembling this; esp. a channel of water in an ice-field (also called
a vein); the course prescribed for ocean steamers; a route prescribed
for aircraft.
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Martin
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